Taylor and Andrew sit down with Cassie Bradley of INEOS Styrolution to talk about improving styrofoam and reducing its ecological footprint. This episode is sponsored by INEOS Styrolution. Check them out at https://www.ineos-styrolution.com/index.html and https://styrolution-eco.com/ This episode is also sponsored by Matmatch. Check out how they can help you find the perfect material for your next engineering project! This episode is also sponsored by Materials Today, an Elsevier community dedicated to the creation and sharing of materials science knowledge and experience through their peer-reviewed journals, academic conferences, educational webinars, and more. Thanks to Kolobyte and Alphabot for letting us use their music in the show! If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com or connect with us on social media: Instagram, Twitter. Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-host, co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-host, editing assistance, co-creator), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Keywords: Styrofoam, recycling, ecological Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

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Episode 47: μ: Better Styrofoam Recycling

Are materials the solution to better, safer nuclear fuels? The tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel particle is the product of a variety of materials innovations and is the most promising fuel form to date. Find out all about it in this episode where we cover the challenges and intricacies of designing materials for nuclear reactors! Articles Discussed: 2015 CRUD: Another Acronym Bites the Dust Link 2010 Materials challenges for nuclear systems Link 2019 Historical perspectives and current progress Link 2015 Coated Particle Fuels for High-Temperature Reactors Link 2021 Current State and Prospect on the Development of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Link This episode is sponsored by Matmatch. Check out how they can help you find the perfect material for your next engineering project! This episode is also sponsored by Materials Today, an Elsevier community dedicated to the creation and sharing of materials science knowledge and experience through their peer-reviewed journals, academic conferences, educational webinars, and more. Thanks to Kolobyte and Alphabot for letting us use their music in the show! If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com or connect with us on social media: Instagram, Twitter. Keywords: Nuclear Fuel TRISO Fusion Fission Reactor Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 46: Better Nuclear Fuel

The Space Shuttle Challengers Explosion rocked America to its core. Was this issue actually caused by engineering or was it a management mistake. Delve into the story of the Rogers Commission and their findings on Morton Thiokols Solid Rocket Boosters and O-Ring. Articles Discussed: 2006 Challenger: Reporting a Disaster's Cold, Hard Fact LINK 2019 Challenger: The shuttle disaster that changed NASALINK 2016 A famous physicist’s simple experiment showed the inevitability of the Challenger disasterLINK 2016 THE CHALLENGER DISASTER: A CASE OF SUBJECTIVE ENGINEERING LINK 2008 NASA Remembers Three Space Tragedies LINK 1986 INVESTIGATION OF THE CHALLENGER ACCIDENT LINK This episode is sponsored by Matmatch. Check out how they can help you find the perfect material for your next engineering project! This episode is also sponsored by Materials Today, an Elsevier community dedicated to the creation and sharing of materials science knowledge and experience through their peer-reviewed journals, academic conferences, educational webinars, and more. Thanks to Kolobyte and Alphabot for letting us use their music in the show! If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com or connect with us on social media: Instagram, Twitter. Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (editing assistance, co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (editing assistance, co-creator), Jared Duffy (co-host, production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (co-host). Keywords: NASA O-ring Challenger Space Shuttle Discovery Disaster Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 45: μ: Was the Challenger an engineering failure?

Imagine mounting a pair of cameras to watch your sample as it's deformed and recovering microscale information about the strain! That is exactly what digital image correlation has to offer. In this episode we describe the technique and chat with the inventor, Dr. Sutton from Correlated Solutions Inc. Learn all about the history from DaVinci to present! Special thanks to Correlated Solutions for sponsoring this episode. Learn about their products at https://www.correlatedsolutions.com/ Thanks to our other sponsors Matmatch and Materials Today. One of the articles you can read for free for 6 months is published in Materials Today https://doi.org/10.1016/S1369-7021(10)70235-2 Textbook written by Dr. Sutton on the technique https://www.amazon.com/Image-Correlation-Motion-Deformation-Measurements/dp/0387787461/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=digital+image+correlation&qid=1624972617&sr=8-3 If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-host, co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-host, co-creator), Jared Duffy production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 44: Digital Image Correlation

What if rocks could polymerize? Geopolymers are a unique class of materials that may offer a solution to environmental issues in the industrial sector. The production of Portland cement, the primary building material, produces high amounts of CO2. Rapid industrialization in Asia and Africa are driving cement production to new global highs, necessitating the exploration of alternative building materials. The polycondensation of silicates and aluminates to form geopolymers produces around one-ninth of the CO2 and offers several advantages in high temperature applications. Give the episode a listen to learn more! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-006-0401-4 < = explains synthesis http://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/bitstream/20.500.12398/883/1/10.11648.j.ijmsa.20130206.14-3.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA559113.pdf https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/9781119474746.ch19 If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-host, co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-host, co-creator), Jared Duffy production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 43: Geopolymers

A very special micro with the whole cast. The group discusses the history of the Titanic and the reasons it is so talked about as well as if the Iceberg is really what's to blame for the ships fate. By taking a look at the hard science behind the ships design different theories as to the ships true faults begin to emerge. https://www.businessinsider.com/titanics-books-predicted-disaster-2018-4 If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-host, co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-host, co-creator), Jared Duffy (co-host, production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (co-host, editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 42: μ: What Really Sunk the Titanic?

After the popular 3D printing episode the gang dives into a conversation about what 3D printing can be used for. Ranging from Aerospace to organs to edible water bottles this technology is creeping its way into every facet of our life. Learn about the technology that makes this advanced kind of 3D printing possible from the powders that line the bed to the science behind the lasers. Farber E, Zhu JN, Popovich A, Popovich V. A review of NiTi shape memory alloy as a smart material produced by additive manufacturing. Materials Today: Proceedings. 2020 Jan 1;30:761-7. Elahinia M, Moghaddam NS, Andani MT, Amerinatanzi A, Bimber BA, Hamilton RF. Fabrication of NiTi through additive manufacturing: A review. Progress in Materials Science. 2016 Oct 1;83:630-63. Joshi SC, Sheikh AA. 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability. Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 2015 Oct 2;10(4):175-85. If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-host, co-creator, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-host,co-creator), Jared Duffy (co-host, production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 41: 3D Printing Case Studies

Take a dive into the history of fatigue crack growth with Jared and Taylor. Featuring the history of the equations and the applications they saw in the story of the DeHaviland Comet. If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-host, co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator), Jared Duffy (co-host, production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 40: μ: Airplane Crack Growth

Taylor and Jared give a brief overview of current energy storage devices and the materials that makes them work. Then they dive into an interview with Joe Sleepy CEO of Capacitech to discuss what his company is doing to revolutionize supercapacitors and their form factor. https://newatlas.com/energy/carbon-fiber-structural-battery/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aesr.202000093 If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com, matmatch.com, and www.capacitechenergy.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator, co-host, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator), Jared Duffy (co-host, production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 39: Reshaping Energy Storage

Join Jared, Ramsey, and Andrew in a new type of Micro for a more laidback conversation about the silicon chip shortage plaguing the global economy. Learn about the perfect storm of factors that's lead to car and tech companies around the world halting production. If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator, co-host, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, editing assistance), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (co-host, editing assistance). Support Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 38: μ: Silicon Chip Shortage

Every other day we get asked about 3D printing and we tell our listeners to wait. Well, wait no longer! This is the first episode in a two part series on 3D printing. This will cover the science that makes the various methods possible as well as the crazy history of companies almost creating 3d printing only to be stopped by a lack of interest. https://matmatch.com/blog/everything-about-3d-printing-the-ultimate-guide/ If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator, co-host, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, editing assistance), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (co-host, editing assistance). Support Materialism by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 37: 3D Printing Deep Dive

A look into the future of refrigeration and how magnetocaloric materials will make a more efficient machine. How soon will you be replacing your fridge with these and what exactly makes them tick? Article discussed: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468606918300790 If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod V isit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator, co-host, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, editing assistance), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (co-host, editing assistance). Support Materialism by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 36: μ: Magnetocaloric Materials

 A look into Spark "Plasma" Sintering and why the name is a misnomer. Follow the history as it goes from Mayan jewelry making all the way to Dr. Sparks building one in his lab at the University of Utah. Finally, dive into its current applications and possibilities in the future. References: ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2004.11.010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2005.04.003 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adem.201300409 https://patents.google.com/patent/US1071488 Munir ZA, Anselmi-Tamburini U, Ohyanagi M. The effect of electric field and pressure on the synthesis and consolidation of materials: A review of the spark plasma sintering method. Journal of materials science. 2006 Feb;41(3):763-77. If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, co-host, production, editing assistance), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance, co-host). Support Materialism by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 35: Spark Plasma Sintering

Andrew and Ramsey take a look into the surprising science that helps make cooking as easy as can be. They explain the dangers that cooking with some of these chemicals can create and how to avoid it. If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com, and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, co-host, production), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance, co-host). Support Materialism by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 34: μ: Cookware

 The development of photography is inextricably linked to the development of advanced materials and chemicals. In this episode, Andrew and Jared discuss the science that makes photography possible. The episode includes everything from the structure of film, to digital sensors, to radioactive elements in glass. Sources and Cool Articles: Witten NM. The Chemistry of Photography. Link A. Fstoppers. “How Photos Were Edited in the Darkroom Days” Shu-wei H. “Photographic Film Structure” Rogers D. The chemistry of photography: from classical to digital technologies. Royal Society of Chemistry; 2007. “Kodak - How Film is Made - 1958” Chiu CP, Chiang TJ, Chen JK, Chang FC, Ko FH, Chu CW, Kuo SW, Fan SK. Liquid lenses and driving mechanisms: a review. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 2012 Sep 1;26(12-17):1773-88. Ła̧czka M, Stoch L. Rare earth elements as components of special glasses. Journal of the Less Common Metals. 1990 Oct 20;166(1):163-71. Schneider J. “Rare Earth Glass Leica Lenses: A Quick and Quirky Overview” If you have questions or feedback please send us emails at materialism.podcast@gmail.com. Make sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and now Youtube or wherever you find your podcasts. If you like the show and want to help us reach more people, consider leaving a review - it helps us improve and it exposes new people to the show. Finally, check out our Instagram page @materialism.podcast and connect with us to let us know what new material you’d like to hear about next. We’d like to give a shoutout to AlphaBot for allowing us to use his music within the podcast. Check him out on Spotify. And as always a special thanks to Kolobyte who created the intro and outro for our podcast. He makes a ton of really cool synthwave music which you can check out at kolobyte.bandcamp.com. Visit our sponsors for this episode www.materialstoday.com, and matmatch.com. Follow us on Instagram: @materialism.podcast Follow us on Twitter: @MaterialismPod Visit our website: www.materialismpodcast.com Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, co-host, production), Jared Duffy (production, co-host, marketing, and editing), Ramsey Issa (editing assistance). Support Materialism by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/materialism

Episode 33: Photography

In this podcast we will be investigating materials science and engineering by exploring cutting edge materials technology, the history of different materials, the commercialization of new materials, and exciting advances in processing and characterization. We’ll be covering things like the unlikely discovery of superglue or teflon and we’ll also reveal the fascinating backstories about modern biomaterials like dialysis filters, we’ll update you on exciting new technologies including wearable electronics, next generation batteries, and nanomaterials. In short, we hope to help listeners understand the critical role that materials have played in society and even glimpse into what the future may hold for new materials.

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